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  • Title: Effects of bile salt hydrophobicity on crystallization of cholesterol in model bile.
    Author: Van Erpecum KJ, Portincasa P, Gadellaa M, Van de Heijning BJ, Van Berge Henegouwen GP, Renooij W.
    Journal: Eur J Clin Invest; 1996 Jul; 26(7):602-8. PubMed ID: 8864423.
    Abstract:
    Precipitation of cholesterol crystals is an essential step in gallstone formation. In the present study we found much faster and more extensive precipitation of various cholesterol crystal shapes in whole model biles containing the hydrophobic bile salt taurodeoxycholate than in biles containing the relatively hydrophilic taurocholate. Addition of taurodeoxycholate to isolated cholesterol-phospholipid vesicles also induced more crystallization than taurocholate. Crystallization behaviour in whole model biles and in vesicles after addition of corresponding bile salts was very similar. The very hydrophilic bile salts tauroursodeoxycholate and taurohyodeoxycholate never induced crystallization from vesicles, and crystallization in corresponding whole model biles did not occur. These bile salts also reduced crystallization dose dependently after addition of taurodeoxycholate to vesicles. Ultracentrifugation experiments suggested a higher vesicular cholesterol-phospholipid bile salts. These findings indicate that bile salt hydrophobicity influences shape of cholesterol crystals and extent of crystallization, possibly by modulating the vesicular cholesterol-phospholipid ratio.
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